Knob Noster ranks #11 in Missouri for safety
Knob Noster is ranked on 33 lists against the 256 Missouri towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 2.
Fewer seniors than 96% of Missouri
Not better or worse, just Knob Noster’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Knob Noster does best on
Each list ranks every MO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Knob Noster marked.
Knob Noster lands in the top half on 15 of 21 lists
Each dot is Knob Noster’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MO, the right end is last. Areas where Knob Noster does best come first.
1 spot from the top 10 for safety
Lists where Knob Noster sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Knob Noster out-ranks 0 of its 1 ranked neighbors
Head to head on the lists where both towns are ranked: a point for each list where one town places higher. Tap a town for its own rankings.
Where Knob Noster lands in every MO ranking
41 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Safety
Safest#1 Odessa · 4.4
#11 Health
Healthiest#1 Ladue · 99 / 100
#77
Lowest obesity#1 Town and Country · 23%
#68
Fewest smokers#1 Town and Country · 7%
#89
Most active#1 Glendale · 16%
#61
Fewest uninsured#1 Ladue · 3%
#129
Lowest depression#1 Black Jack · 19%
#199
Closest to a top hospital#1 Branson · 0.0 mi
#111 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Osage Beach · 57.2%
#238
N
Most new homes#1 North Kansas City · 27.0 per 1,000
#59
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Versailles · +110.5%
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Forsyth · 13.6 per home
People
Most educated#1 Glendale · 90.1%
#90
F
Youngest#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 20.5
#23
Oldest#1 Osage Beach · 59.4
#235
Most residents 65+#1 Forsyth · 36.4%
#245
Most kids#1 Glasgow Village · 40%
#203 
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Pine Lawn · 0.9 yrs
#157
Cheapest rent#1 Mountain View · $424/mo
#83
Lowest property tax#1 Mountain Grove · $438/yr
#119
Rent easiest to afford#1 De Soto · 20.3%
Getting around
F Shortest commute#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 9 min #109
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Park Hills · 63%
#208
Most trails#1 Park Hills · 3.3 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Pine Lawn · 213 / sq mi
#131 
The number on the right is Knob Noster’s spot. All of Missouri’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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- 2,500+ residents. Census estimates for smaller towns carry margins of error too wide to rank fairly, so they sit out every MO list.
- One town, one row. A city that is both a city and a town in Census data, or a village inside a town, is counted once.
- Ties share a rank. Towns on one weather station, one school district or one CDC estimate share a figure, so they share a spot (T).
- No “worst” lists. Lists rank toward the good end, and share cards are made only for the top half. Age, snow and the like are character, not grades.
U.S. Census Bureau (American Community Survey 5-year, 2010 and 2020 censuses, Building Permits Survey), U.S. Department of Education, FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, CDC PLACES, Medicare Care Compare, IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FHFA House Price Index, NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. Each list explains its own method.